Tech Toys The Team @RSHotel Thinks You Need For The Holidays:
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by BrianSimpson in Community
The holidays are upon us and the talk of ‘toys’ at the hotel is crazy. A year ago it was about golf clubs, vacations and Flip cams. Now, after a year of being ‘social’ and doing everything we could to create, capture and share content our, our lists have changed. Grown if you will…
Here is a glimpse at what some of us think you need for this holiday season.

Mr. Knowles, CEO and Owner of Ther Roger Smith Hotel
Tech gifts that I think are worth what we pay for them and are useful to us:
1. Check out the Sony mdr-g75
2. The scribe device with paper and ocr recognition
3. How about the Leica LUX-4
4. Zoom H 4

Ek Wongleecharoen, Assistant General Manager
This is what I would like to have in my pocket when I travel:
1. Kindle: Reading Device
2. Panasonic DMC-ZS3K or DMC-ZS3A
3. Dell Latitude XT or Mac Book Air

Adam Wallace, Director of New Media
This is what I would suggest:
1. A Netbook (don’t know a specific kind)
2. Mophie iPhone extra battery pack
3. Kodak Zi8

Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality
What you can’t live without for twenty-10:
1. Wireless Sony headphones
2. Cannon 7D
3. Macbook Pro

John Birdsong, Professional Videographer Panman Productions & All-Around Amazing Guy
Saving the best for last ~ Our resident gadget expert chimes in with:
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory (add another 4gb yourself and save $800)
250GB Hard Drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
Illuminated keyboard
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac
$1,299 – save $200 off of list. fully guaranteed with one year of apple care.
Netflix subscription (if you don’t have one get one!!!)
as little as 7.99 a month includes one unlimited disc and unlimited streaming content
connector for laptop to flatscreen TV
around $20
BEST inexpensive speaker systrem – I have these and they are INCREDIBLE. 200 watts THX certified
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/231&cl=us,en
$169.00
Air mouse iphone app
$2.99
Control your computer from your iphone. Best wireless touch screen mouse around. Control volume, select netflix and hulu content, surf youtube, and email. It just works.
Happy Holidays From ALL of Us

